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| author | Peter Oruba <peter.oruba@amd.com> | 2008-07-28 18:44:21 +0200 |
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| committer | Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> | 2008-07-28 19:57:57 +0200 |
| commit | 8d86f390d9bb5b39f0a315838d1616de6363e1b9 (patch) | |
| tree | f3857d76d029b87571ac5cb4e3c1bd9965c859f8 /arch/x86/Kconfig | |
| parent | 26bf7a48c33906cc3415a4492aa9ead7a75f1353 (diff) | |
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x86: major refactoring
Refactored code by introducing a two-module solution.
There is one general module in which vendor specific modules can hook into.
However, that is exclusive, there is only one vendor specific module
allowed at a time. A CPU vendor check makes sure only the correct
module for the underlying system gets called.
Functinally in terms of patch loading itself there are no changes. This
refactoring provides a basis for future implementations of other vendors'
patch loaders.
Signed-off-by: Peter Oruba <peter.oruba@amd.com>
Cc: Tigran Aivazian <tigran@aivazian.fsnet.co.uk>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Diffstat (limited to 'arch/x86/Kconfig')
| -rw-r--r-- | arch/x86/Kconfig | 25 |
1 files changed, 20 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86/Kconfig b/arch/x86/Kconfig index b6fa2877b173..6b0b885cf47a 100644 --- a/arch/x86/Kconfig +++ b/arch/x86/Kconfig @@ -782,7 +782,7 @@ config X86_REBOOTFIXUPS Say N otherwise. config MICROCODE - tristate "/dev/cpu/microcode - Intel IA32 CPU microcode support" + tristate "/dev/cpu/microcode - microcode support" select FW_LOADER ---help--- If you say Y here, you will be able to update the microcode on @@ -791,14 +791,29 @@ config MICROCODE actual microcode binary data itself which is not shipped with the Linux kernel. - For latest news and information on obtaining all the required - ingredients for this driver, check: - <http://www.urbanmyth.org/microcode/>. + This option selects the general module only, you need to select + at least one vendor specific module as well. To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module will be called microcode. -config MICROCODE_OLD_INTERFACE +config MICROCODE_INTEL + tristate "Intel microcode patch loading support" + depends on MICROCODE + default MICROCODE + select FW_LOADER + --help--- + This options enables microcode patch loading support for Intel + processors. + + For latest news and information on obtaining all the required + Intel ingredients for this driver, check: + <http://www.urbanmyth.org/microcode/>. + + This driver is only available as a module: the module + will be called microcode_intel. + + config MICROCODE_OLD_INTERFACE def_bool y depends on MICROCODE |
